EP0013563A1 - A building member such as a beam, a girder or the like - Google Patents
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- EP0013563A1 EP0013563A1 EP80100063A EP80100063A EP0013563A1 EP 0013563 A1 EP0013563 A1 EP 0013563A1 EP 80100063 A EP80100063 A EP 80100063A EP 80100063 A EP80100063 A EP 80100063A EP 0013563 A1 EP0013563 A1 EP 0013563A1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
- E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
- E04B1/26—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of wood
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
- E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
- E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
- E04C3/12—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of wood, e.g. with reinforcements, with tensioning members
- E04C3/16—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of wood, e.g. with reinforcements, with tensioning members with apertured web, e.g. trusses
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
- E04B1/18—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons
- E04B1/26—Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of wood
- E04B1/2604—Connections specially adapted therefor
- E04B2001/264—Glued connections
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- the present invention refers to a building member such as a beam, a girder or the like incorporating two mainly parallel, elongated edge elements of wood and a number of spaced apart supporting members interconnecting said edge elements.
- the frame timber or the struts have been provided with cylindrical end taps, which have been introduced into cylindrical holes in the edge element surfaces facing each other, whereupon the end taps have been glued and/or nailed to the edge element.
- the struts have to be inclined against each other for allowing the structure to take up forces also in its longitudinal direction it is necessary for producing such structure elements in an automatic machine to build a very complex machine, which thereby should be very expensive.
- the alternative is to manufac- tare the element manually, which of course will make the manufacture considerably more expensive.
- interspacing supporting members formed as zigzag-bent coarse steel wire, which are attached between the halves of the divided edge elements, which are thereafter joined in suitable manner.
- This design can presumably be manufactured in automatic machines of not too complex design but certain problems can be expected when it concerns the attachment of the wire between the edge element halves.
- Another drawback with this design is that steel wire of this dimension and having the properties required is comparatively expensive and it is expected that the price of the wire will nearly correspond to the price of the wood it shall substitute.
- the purpose of the present invention is to provide a building member such as a beam, a girder or the like comprising two substantially parallel, elongated edge elements of wood and a plurality of spaced apart supporting members interconnecting said edge elements, which building member has the advantages of the building members referred to hereabove but which as far as possible is free from the drawbacks from which the older designs have suffered and which is easily manufactured with simple and reliable machines and the invention is characterized mainly thereby that the supporting members are wooden struts, the end portions of which are each designed with at least a first portion situated at a distance from its adjacent end and having a smaller section thatan a second portion situated closer to said end, and that said end portions are fitted in holes in the edge element surfaces facing each other, said holes having a section being a complement to the end portions of said struts.
- FIG 1 is shown in a schematic cross section a wall girder 1 according to the invention.
- This wall girder rests via a sill 2 on a bottom plate 3 and it comprises two elongated, mutually parallel edge elements 4, which are spaced apart by means of an intermediate piece 5 and a plurality of inclined struts 6 spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the girder and interconnecting the two edge elements 4.
- figure 2 a modified embodiment of the invention in which the girder incorporates two edge elements 4, which are spaced apart by an intermediate piece 5 and a number of struts 7 arranged mainly perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the edge elements.
- the girder shown in figure 2 has a very low ability of taking up loads in directions perpendicular to the extension of the struts but in cases where no such loads are expected this type of girder is a suitable design as it is more simple to manufacture than the design according to figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows schematically a part of a strut 6, 7 having an end portion 8, which is formed tapering with a first portion 9 situated at a distance from the end of the strut, which first portion has a smaller cross section than a second portion 10 situated closer to the end of the strut.
- the edge element is in this case divided in two halves 4a, 4b, which in the surfaces of division are provided with recesses or turned cavities lla, 11b, which together form a hole 11, which essentially corresponds to the section of the end portion 8 of the strut 6, 7.
- the end portion 8 of the strut is fitted in the direction shown with the arrow in figure 3 between the halves 4a and 4b, which are thereupon moved against each other as shown with the arrows until the edge element halves will abut each other, whereupon the halves are connected in any suitable manner, e.g. by glueing or by nail joints 12 to the shape shown in figure 4.
- the strut 6, 7 is well locked in the hole 11 in the edge element 4 as the outlet side of the hole is smaller than the largest dimension of the end portion of the strut, i.e. at the second portion 10.
- Figures 5 and 6 show in views corresponding to figure 7modified embodiments of end portions 8 of struts and of hole in the divided edge element respectively.
- the embodiment according to figure 5 is instead equipped with an annular groove 9b with straight walls, which groove has been recessed in the end portion of the strut and which at the end side of the shut leaves a second portion 10b having a larger section than the recessed portion.
- the halves 13a and 13b of the hole form in the corresponding way as in figure 3 a hole, which has a section corresponding to the end portion 8 of the strut.
- the end portion 8 of the strut has an annular ridge-formed portion 9c at a distance from its end and between this annular portion 9c and the end a portion 10c of less diameter whereas the strut inside the ridge-formed portion has a portion smaller than the annular ridge-portion 9c.
- the annular ridge-formed portion 9c to be considered as the second-portion whereas the portion of the shut situated inside the second portion is considered as the first portion of the shut end.
- the end profile of the shut thus comprising a first portion, a second portion 9c of larger diameter and an outer portion of the same diameter as said first portion corresponds to a hole in the edge element, which hole is formed by hole parts 14a, 14b. In both cases the end portions of the are connected to the holes in the same manner as shown in figure 4.
- FIG 7 a modified embodiment where an edge element made in one piece is provided with a hole 15, which has a uniform section mainly corresponding to the section of the strut 6, 7.
- the end portion 8 of the strut is here provided with a first portion 16, which is recessed or turned down and a second portion 17 situated between said first portion and the end of the strut, which second portion 17has the same dimension as the hole 15 and preferably also as the remainder of the strut 6, 7.
- FIG 8 is shown how the strut end portion 8 has been entered into the hole 15 in the edge element 4.
- a mouldable and cureable compound is applied or injected respectively through a bore in the wall of the edge element, which compound 18 will fill the space between the wall of the hole and the first portion l6 of the end portion of the strut.
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Abstract
A building member such as a beam, a girder orthe like or wooden material where the central part of the solid wood has been replaced by transverse struts (6,7) fitted in holes (11a, 11b) in the two edge elements (4) of the building member, the end portions (8) of the struts being designed with varying cross-section as seen in the longitudinal direction to include a first portion (9) situated at a distance inside the end of the strut having a smaller cross-section than a second portion (10) situated outside said first portion in a direction against the end of the strut, the holes in said edge elements' being formed to correspond to the end portion sections of the struts.
Description
- The present invention refers to a building member such as a beam, a girder or the like incorporating two mainly parallel, elongated edge elements of wood and a number of spaced apart supporting members interconnecting said edge elements.
- In building activity is traditionally used a number of different wooden members of solid wood, e.g. beams, joists, girders, rafters and the like.
- In later years it has however been aimed at producing building members of such low weight as possible at the same time as the wood prices have increased.
- The to this it has earlier been produced beams and girders where the central wood portion has been eliminated and replaced by interconnecting struts, which were connected to the edge elements to form a structure having a desired dimension but a considerably lower weight and requiring a reduced wood consumption.
- At these older designs the frame timber or the struts have been provided with cylindrical end taps, which have been introduced into cylindrical holes in the edge element surfaces facing each other, whereupon the end taps have been glued and/or nailed to the edge element. As the struts have to be inclined against each other for allowing the structure to take up forces also in its longitudinal direction it is necessary for producing such structure elements in an automatic machine to build a very complex machine, which thereby should be very expensive. The alternative is to manufac- tare the element manually, which of course will make the manufacture considerably more expensive.
- According to another proposal it is used interspacing supporting members formed as zigzag-bent coarse steel wire, which are attached between the halves of the divided edge elements, which are thereafter joined in suitable manner. This design can presumably be manufactured in automatic machines of not too complex design but certain problems can be expected when it concerns the attachment of the wire between the edge element halves. Another drawback with this design isthat steel wire of this dimension and having the properties required is comparatively expensive and it is expected that the price of the wire will nearly correspond to the price of the wood it shall substitute.
- One of the advantages with these lattice formed central portions of the building members is the good possibilities of distributing insulation material e.g. by spraying into the building units, e.g. walls, floors and roofs, which are constructed with beams and girders of this type. At the design with the steel wire as a connecting member there is however the risk that this wire will act as a thermal bridge, which will reduce the insulating effect.
- The purpose of the present invention is to provide a building member such as a beam, a girder or the like comprising two substantially parallel, elongated edge elements of wood and a plurality of spaced apart supporting members interconnecting said edge elements, which building member has the advantages of the building members referred to hereabove but which as far as possible is free from the drawbacks from which the older designs have suffered and which is easily manufactured with simple and reliable machines and the invention is characterized mainly thereby that the supporting members are wooden struts, the end portions of which are each designed with at least a first portion situated at a distance from its adjacent end and having a smaller section thatan a second portion situated closer to said end, and that said end portions are fitted in holes in the edge element surfaces facing each other, said holes having a section being a complement to the end portions of said struts.
- The invention will hereinafter be further described with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.
- Figure 1 shows in a cross section a wall girder built in accordance with the invention,
- Figure 2 shows another embodiment of a girder according to the invention,
- Figure 3 shows schematically and partically in section portions of a strut forming part of a building member according to the invention, and an edge element divided in two pieces in a position prior to the strut and the edge element have been fitted together,
- Figure 4 is a view corresponding to the details according to figure 3 in a position where the components have been fitted together,
- Figure 5 shows in a view corresponding to figure 3 a modified embodiment of the profiles for the strut and the attachment hole in the edge elements,
- Figure 6 is a view corresponding to figure 5 of a further embodiment of the invention,
- Figure 7 shows schematically and partly in section a modified embodiment of the invention with a strut and a one-piece edge element, and
- Figure 8 shows the attachment of the strut according to figure 7 in its position in the edge element.
- In figure 1 is shown in a schematic cross section a wall girder 1 according to the invention. This wall girder rests via a
sill 2 on abottom plate 3 and it comprises two elongated, mutuallyparallel edge elements 4, which are spaced apart by means of anintermediate piece 5 and a plurality ofinclined struts 6 spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the girder and interconnecting the twoedge elements 4. - In figure 2 is shown a modified embodiment of the invention in which the girder incorporates two
edge elements 4, which are spaced apart by anintermediate piece 5 and a number ofstruts 7 arranged mainly perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the edge elements. The girder shown in figure 2 has a very low ability of taking up loads in directions perpendicular to the extension of the struts but in cases where no such loads are expected this type of girder is a suitable design as it is more simple to manufacture than the design according to figure 1. - Figure 3 shows schematically a part of a
strut end portion 8, which is formed tapering with a first portion 9 situated at a distance from the end of the strut, which first portion has a smaller cross section than asecond portion 10 situated closer to the end of the strut. The edge element is in this case divided in twohalves end portion 8 of thestrut end portion 8 of the strut is fitted in the direction shown with the arrow in figure 3 between thehalves nail joints 12 to the shape shown in figure 4. As can be seen from this figure thestrut edge element 4 as the outlet side of the hole is smaller than the largest dimension of the end portion of the strut, i.e. at thesecond portion 10. - Figures 5 and 6 show in views corresponding to figure 7modified embodiments of
end portions 8 of struts and of hole in the divided edge element respectively. Whereas theend portion 8 in the embodiment'according to figure 3 was tapering the embodiment according to figure 5 is instead equipped with an annular groove 9b with straight walls, which groove has been recessed in the end portion of the strut and which at the end side of the shut leaves asecond portion 10b having a larger section than the recessed portion. Thehalves end portion 8 of the strut. - In figure 6 is shown how the
end portion 8 of the strut has an annular ridge-formedportion 9c at a distance from its end and between thisannular portion 9c and the end aportion 10c of less diameter whereas the strut inside the ridge-formed portion has a portion smaller than the annular ridge-portion 9c. In this case is the annular ridge-formedportion 9c to be considered as the second-portion whereas the portion of the shut situated inside the second portion is considered as the first portion of the shut end. The end profile of the shut thus comprising a first portion, asecond portion 9c of larger diameter and an outer portion of the same diameter as said first portion corresponds to a hole in the edge element, which hole is formed by hole parts 14a, 14b. In both cases the end portions of the are connected to the holes in the same manner as shown in figure 4. - In figure 7 is shown a modified embodiment where an edge element made in one piece is provided with a
hole 15, which has a uniform section mainly corresponding to the section of thestrut end portion 8 of the strut is here provided with afirst portion 16, which is recessed or turned down and asecond portion 17 situated between said first portion and the end of the strut, which second portion 17has the same dimension as thehole 15 and preferably also as the remainder of thestrut strut end portion 8 has been entered into thehole 15 in theedge element 4. When this has been done - whereby thesecond portion 17 of the strut almost entirely fills the inner part of the hole 15 - a mouldable and cureable compound is applied or injected respectively through a bore in the wall of the edge element, whichcompound 18 will fill the space between the wall of the hole and the first portion l6 of the end portion of the strut. By treating the end portion of the strut in such a manner that it will have such a low ability of adherence against the cureable compound as possible and instead taking steps for increasing the adherence of the compound against the hole it is possible, when the compound cures to obtain an annulus integral with the hole wall at the outer end thereof, which in a simple and efficient manner will lock thesecond portion 17 of the strut in its position in the hole. The compound can be a plastic compound of any suitable type. - The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown and described hereabove but modifications are possible within the sccpe of the appended claims.
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1. A building member such as a beam, a girder or the like comprising two mainly parallel, elongated edge elements of wood and a number of spaced apart supporting members interconnecting said edge elements, characterized thereby, that the supporting members are wooden struts (6, 7) the end portions (8) of which are each designed with at least a first portion (9, 9b, 10c, l6) situated at a distance from its adjacent end and having a smaller section than a second portion (10, 10b, 9c, 17) situated closer to said end, and that said end portions are fitted in holes (11, 13, 14, 15) in the edge element surfaces facing each other, said holes having a section being a complement to the end portions of said struts.
2. A building member according to claim 1, characterized thereby, that each one of the elongated edge elements (4) is divided in a plane substantially parallel to and extending through the centre of said hole (11), the portions (4a, 4b) of the edge elements after introduction of the struts being interconnected by means of suitable connecting means (12).
3. A building member according to claim 1, characterized thereby, that the holes (15) in the edge elements have a cross section corresponding to the biggest cross section of the struts (6, 7) and that a mouldable, curable compound (18) has been applied to the wall of the hole, e.g. by injection in the area of said first portion (16) of the strut after the end portion (8) thereof has been introduced into the hole (15).
4. A building member according to claim 3, characterized thereby, that the hole surface (15) is treated to give a good adherence tc the mouldable, curable compound (18) and/or that the end portion (8) of the strut is treated to give a bad adherence to said compound (18).
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SE7900360A SE7900360L (en) | 1979-01-16 | 1979-01-16 | Building elements, such as beams, rules and similar |
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WO1982003646A1 (en) * | 1981-04-23 | 1982-10-28 | Bergstroem Ulf | Building element |
EP0159452A1 (en) * | 1984-04-16 | 1985-10-30 | Geilinger AG | Connection nodes for wooden shores of frameworks |
US5819489A (en) * | 1996-06-11 | 1998-10-13 | Mckinney; John W. | Pre-formed building studs and construction form system |
FR2766851A1 (en) * | 1997-08-01 | 1999-02-05 | Claude Schmerber | Wooden frame kits for constructing timber frame buildings |
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FR506322A (en) * | 1919-03-07 | 1920-08-19 | Walter George Tarrant | Wooden beam |
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FR506322A (en) * | 1919-03-07 | 1920-08-19 | Walter George Tarrant | Wooden beam |
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WO1982003646A1 (en) * | 1981-04-23 | 1982-10-28 | Bergstroem Ulf | Building element |
US4617776A (en) * | 1981-04-23 | 1986-10-21 | Armerad Betong Vagforbattringar Ab | Building element having spaced longitudinal members with each member having a different moisture content |
EP0159452A1 (en) * | 1984-04-16 | 1985-10-30 | Geilinger AG | Connection nodes for wooden shores of frameworks |
US5819489A (en) * | 1996-06-11 | 1998-10-13 | Mckinney; John W. | Pre-formed building studs and construction form system |
FR2766851A1 (en) * | 1997-08-01 | 1999-02-05 | Claude Schmerber | Wooden frame kits for constructing timber frame buildings |
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